Biodiversity & Conservation

Habitat preferences and distribution

Venerid bivalves in circalittoral coarse sand or gravel

SS.SCS.CCS.MedLumVen

Image Anon. - Neopentadactyla mixta and venerid bivalves in circalittoral shell gravel or coarse sand. Image width ca XXm.
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SS.SCS.CCS.MedLumVen recorded () and expected () distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland

CGS.Ven is patchily distributed around the British coast. The biotope is very extensive in the Irish Sea.

Habitat preferences

Temperature range preferences - No information found

Water clarity preferences - Medium clarity / Medium turbidity

Limiting Nutrients - No information found

Other preferences -

Additional information

This review can be cited as follows:

Rayment, W.J. 2001. Venerid bivalves in circalittoral coarse sand or gravel. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 20/06/2013]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/habitatpreferences.php?habitatid=63&code=2004>

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